talking about the C6 Z06,
"honestly, on the track, its a great car, but as something to live with every day, i'd rather have bird flu"
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May 20, 2009 4:14 p.m. Strizzo Dork
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May 20, 2009 7:59 p.m. wherethefmi HalfDork
Did I do something wrong with my post? If I did whoops sorry.
Edit: I guess there's more than one clarkson thread LOL.
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May 22, 2009 4:10 p.m. Jay_W HalfDork
"What they did with the first TT was put a Golf in a fancy smock. Which is like putting a cow in a track suit."
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May 22, 2009 4:20 p.m. DILYSI Dave UltimaDork
Describing the sound of the engine in the new insight -
Clarkson said:
(It) makes a noise worse than someone else’s crying baby on an airliner. It’s worse than the sound of your parachute failing to open. Really, to get an idea of how awful it is, you’d have to sit a dog on a ham slicer.
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May 22, 2009 10:28 p.m. Lesley SuperDork
Describing a body kit on some little econo-box or other.... "It's like sprinkling glitter on a puddle of sick"
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May 22, 2009 10:38 p.m. RexSeven HalfDork
Read and enjoy:
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May 23, 2009 12:05 a.m. Salanis UltraDork
RexSeven wrote:
Read and enjoy:
I made the mistake of then reading their "Top 20 Sportscars" list. It did not appear to have any criteria for judging. It was just crap, and left off any affordable cars. No Miata.
Leaving the Miata off of a top “X” sportscar list, is like admitting you’ve never actually driven a sportscar around a racetrack, only gazed lustfully at posters and magazine covers.
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May 23, 2009 3:52 a.m. Luke Dork
Agreed. Just another stupid car list. Probably the stupidest yet.
Fun Fact: of the Nissan Skyline GTR, the author writes: " Its dominance was so great that people started calling it Godzilla." That name was actually coined by writers of the Australian car magazine 'Wheels', in 1989 when the R32 was released.
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May 23, 2009 7:23 a.m. BobOfTheFuture Reader
“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.”
Brilliant.
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May 23, 2009 10:26 a.m. GregTivo Reader
Commenting on the stelvio pass
"“Not like Playstation, this–you can’t just hit the reset button when you get it wrong. You just go through the Pearly Gates on fire."
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May 24, 2009 3:00 a.m. griffin729 New Reader
Comment on the suspension of a '79 Lincoln Town Car
"If you can imagine sharing a waterbed with a baboon that's just been doused in itching powder."
Or, how about on the handling of the euro version of the Evo 8 MR
"It makes a belly dancer look as though she'd got hooves."
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May 25, 2009 8:04 p.m. aussiesmg Dork
Whenm discussing the Alfa 8C comparing it to Kiera Knightly
"She's just an ironing board with a face, and she works"
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May 27, 2009 4:20 p.m. Wally UberDork
"No, really. A car made for someone who just yesterday was going to work on an ox will be of no use to people who were brought up on a diet of Ford Mustangs. Cars made for southeast Asia and Africa are tools. And so are the people in this country who buy them."
In his column on the Audi Q7
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May 28, 2009 9:13 a.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 Reader
describing the Porsche 997 GT2
"its a squashed Volkswagen Beetle, with a wing on the back"
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May 28, 2009 10:47 a.m. slefain Dork
"If you thought the last Passat was dull to behold, you really ain’t seen nothing yet. This new one is sculptured ditchwater. It looks like it was styled by someone who was either in a big hurry to get the job done or who was having sex at the time. As a result, it is the motoring equivalent of Belgium: something you simply won’t notice."
I now automatically associate things that are boring with Belgium.
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May 28, 2009 2:37 p.m. Jay Dork
slefain wrote:
I now automatically associate things that are boring with Belgium.
I've been doing that ever since they put the European parliament there.
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May 28, 2009 2:47 p.m. Adrian_Thompson New Reader
slefain wrote:
I now automatically associate things that are boring with Belgium.
That's unfair to anthing that's mearly 'boring'.
Belgiums one saving grace is Spa....HHhmmm.. trackside at 9:00am on GP day eating waffles and hot chocolate, almost better than the race.
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May 28, 2009 2:56 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor
Belgium is also famous for chocolate and beer, which puts them ahead of a lot of countries.
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May 28, 2009 4:02 p.m. Mental UberDork
From Love The Beast
"600 horspeower and leaf springs?....are you mad?...."
Even better is Bana's response..."I didn't think I was ..."
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May 28, 2009 6:17 p.m. Jay Dork
Tim Baxter wrote:
Belgium is also famous for chocolate and beer, which puts them ahead of a lot of countries.
The only description I can think of for Belgian beer is "inoffensive." I'll grant them the chocolate, but their neighbours all do that pretty well too.
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May 28, 2009 8:18 p.m. Greenhorn New Reader
When reviewing the VW golf gti Mk5, and comparing it to the civic type R: "If you buy a Honda, you end up... with a Honda. If you buy a Volkswagen, you don't."
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May 28, 2009 8:56 p.m. Salanis UltraDork
Jay wrote:
The only description I can think of for Belgian beer is "inoffensive." I'll grant them the chocolate, but their neighbours all do that pretty well too.
You haven't had much Belgian beer then. I find Belgian styles tend to be some of the heaviest, most flavorful, malty beers that there are. They're fruity, and floral, and have enough alcohol to knock you on your butt. A brewer friend of mine commented that he loves making them because you can really go wild with what you put in them, as opposed to German beers which have horribly long unpronounceable names, and incredibly precise recipes.
My personal favorite beer style is a Saison, which is a French-Belgian farmhouse ale using a goofy mutant yeast.
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May 29, 2009 12:33 p.m. Jay_W HalfDork
A true guerze lambic will reach right up outta the glass and pinch your nose for having the gall to drink it.
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May 30, 2009 8:17 p.m. StevenFV19 New Reader
"I had a really bad hangover when I got in this, Now its gone!"
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June 24, 2009 8:21 a.m. nderwater Reader
Describing the Bugatti Veyron: "The Veyron flicks towards the apex and shrieks its way around pretty much anything bar a hairpin at speeds that make your hair fall out... It doesn't just grip; it digs. It doesn’t just accelerate; it punches the horizon through the back of your head."
